Insights

by Ulrich Bergmann, CFO of CHG-MERIDIAN

Sustainable Finance

Investors and society as a whole benefit from sustainable investment models. Green bonds and ESG-linked loans can help the economy to find answers to climate change. In this booming multi-trillion market, our many decades’ experience of working with a sustainable business model gives us a competitive edge. Our success shows that sustainability is not an ideology that requires people to go without. Instead, it is an opportunity for growth.

Expert interview

“A new operating system for the economy”

Society is demanding greater sustainability, and policymakers are creating the appropriate business and regulatory environment across all levels. This puts pressure on companies to play their part in shaping the transition to a more sustainable economy. What role can the circular economy play in this? And how is the shift in customer behavior changing the market?

GOING GREEN WITH A TECHNOLOGY USAGE SOLUTION FOR IT

Discover how Coca-Cola HBC Austria leverages its IT strategy to support its sustainability objectives

Storopack opts for carbonZER0 by CHG-MERIDIAN

Sustainability – a corporate value

For Storopack Germany, a family business specialising in protective packaging and moulded parts made from expanded foams, sustainability is key. The company can now offset the CO2 emissions of its entire IT inventory thanks to carbonZER0 by CHG-MERIDIAN.

Digitalisation in Healthcare

How to achieve digitalisation in the healthcare sector

Exhausted budgets, significant investment pressures: How can the digital transformation of healthcare become a reality despite hospitals’ ongoing financial constraints? We examine the options.

A boost for employee motivation

The future of IT procurement

A year into the pandemic, it is clear that productivity in the digital workplace is largely dependent on employee satisfaction. But how do you motivate your most important resource when you need to cut costs and your IT department is facing unprecedented challenges?

Green IT checklist

Three steps toward sustainable IT

Newer and larger IT equipment often generates more CO₂ emissions than their previous models would have done. With larger batteries, more powerful processors and better quality screens being introduced with each new device, it's little surprise that the energy requirements to manufacture devices is going up. Here, we show you how you can make your IT more sustainable in three steps.

CONTINUING THE INTERNATIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY

CHG-MERIDIAN Launches in New Zealand

CHG-MERIDIAN have officially launched a local entity in New Zealand, reflecting another important milestone in the company's international growth strategy. We sat down with Christian Brakensiek, Executive Vice President of Sales, and Stephen Kerr, Vice President of Sales, to learn about their plan to bring the best added value to New Zealand customers.

Self-service procurement

Motivate your employees, reduce the burden on your IT team, and save money!

Working from home presents a challenge to IT departments. There is a solution that allows you to cost-optimize processes and provide high-performance equipment while keeping your employees motivated.

From initial planning to rollback

The digital workplace at the push of a button

The TESMA® platform enables your company to efficiently manage digital workplaces, while its self-service portal provides a high level of convenience.

USER EXPERIENCE

What really counts in the IT experience

User experience matters. Especially at work. The better the hardware meets the needs of employees, the more motivated and happy they will feel. But how can companies create the perfect digital workplace? Let us show you.

Seeing the crisis as an opportunity

How a pandemic is accelerating digitalisation

The COVID-19 coronavirus crisis has mercilessly laid bare any shortcomings in companies’ digital transformation, as they have been confronted with the challenge of enabling mobile workplaces from one day to the next. They can now see what more needs to be done

Digital Workplace

What does the digital workplace cost?

It is almost impossible to calculate the overall costs of IT for a single workplace using conventional procurement and usage models. The latest digital workplace concepts can provide transparency.

IS YOUR WORKPLACE FUTURE-FIT?

Equipping your hybrid workforce for a seamless return

As business leaders re-assess their modern workplace strategy, it will be important to continue on the path that has been set towards digital transformation. Organisations need to leverage the gains they’ve made, rather than go back to a legacy way of working, otherwise, they could be left behind.

Seeing the crisis as an opportunity

How coronavirus is accelerating digitalisation

The coronavirus crisis has mercilessly laid bare any shortcomings in companies’ digital transformation, as they have been confronted with the challenge of enabling mobile workplaces from one day to the next.

FUTURE PROOFING THE MODERN WORKPLACE

Why you need a smart digital strategy

Organisations are beginning to realise the productivity and efficiency gains they are achieving by having a remote workforce. In this article, our Vice President of Sales, Stephen Kerr, shares his thoughts on how companies can future-proof their digital strategy and outlines four key steps companies can take to prepare themselves for the modern workplace.

Remote working at CHG-MERIDIAN

Remote working made simple: The mindset factor

There is growing pressure to roll out digital workplace strategies. The technologies and processes deployed are often state-of-the-art, yet performance and employee productivity still lag behind. At this point, it becomes clear how important it is to get the employees on board with regard to a digital work culture. The following article highlights the key role that employees play in any digitalization strategy.

Mobile working at CHG-MERIDIAN

Remote working made simple: The technology factor

The digital workplace is an integral element of any digitalization strategy, and CHG-MERIDIAN is no exception. In order to implement the digital workplace successfully and optimize it in the long term, we believe there are three factors on which remote working depends.

Remote working at CHG-MERIDIAN

Remote working made simple: The platform factor

Data platforms allow us to organize and structure the flood of digital information in a sensible way when working remotely. They also enable us to work in virtual teams across borders. From anywhere. This type of flexibility is already the norm at CHG-MERIDIAN, and every day we learn something new. Find out here what data platforms are all about.

A real-world example

The digital workplace at CHG-MERIDIAN

Mobile working is right on trend. But what do you need to do so that your employees can work remotely without any problems? Read on to find out how CHG-MERIDIAN implemented the digital workplace, and what elements were key to this.

Apr 23, 2020 – Weingarten

CHG-MERIDIAN shows significant growth for 2019

A lot happened in 2019, both on the political and the economic front. CHG-MERIDIAN Group continued to perform well and increased the volume of lease origination by 32 per cent to €1.99 billion.

Sustainable business

Circular Economy makes sustainability commercially viable

Buy, use, throw away – today’s consumer behavior wastes huge amounts of resources and damages the environment. This is particularly true for IT equipment, where devices are replaced that are still working fine but are no longer state-of the-art.

CONTINUING THE INTERNATIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY

CHG-MERIDIAN Launches in the ANZ region

CHG-MERIDIAN has officially launched a local entity in the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) region, reflecting another important milestone in the implementation of our international growth strategy. With an exciting set of capabilities and a mission for strong growth, the leaders of the business have a strategy to achieve their mission.

IT procurement according to the Amazon principle

How a self-service portal can revolutionise your procurement process

Companies’ complicated and time-consuming order processes can make it feel like an eternity until employees receive their workplace IT equipment. This not only tries the patience of employees in all departments involved, but also causes them stress. After all, these days we are used to fast and user-friendly e-commerce portals such as Amazon. Companies can also deploy and benefit from this type of self-service portal.

From idea to reality

The digital workplace at CHG-MERIDIAN

The digital workplace is an integral element of any digitalisation strategy. The new working model provides a boost for businesses, who benefit from greater productivity and employee satisfaction, optimised business processes, cost savings, and a competitive advantage in the battle for talent.

Digitalisation in Healthcare

How to achieve digitalisation in the healthcare sector

Exhausted budgets, significant investment pressures: How can the digital transformation of healthcare become a reality despite hospitals’ ongoing financial constraints? We examine the options.

Digital Workplace

Workplace as a service: Is it time to consider a usage model instead of buying?

Computing power, platforms, and software can already be acquired as a service, so why not your IT and office equipment? Discover the benefits that workplace as a service (WaaS) can have for your company.

Digital Workplace

Reap the benefits of digital workplace innovations for your business

We define the digital workplace as a holistic system that adds significant value in all areas of your company that work with IT.

Digital Workplace

3 Tips on how to calculate total costs

It is almost impossible to calculate the overall costs of IT for a single workplace using conventional procurement and usage models. The latest digital workplace concepts can provide transparency.

Digital Workplace

Escape the TCO trap

If you are planning a new IT infrastructure, the first question you will ask yourself, as the CFO, is whether the investment will pay off.

Digital Workplace

6 steps to the digital workplace

We will show you how the right strategy can increase your efficiency and make the Digital Workplace the core of your digitisation strategy.

Rolling out the digital workplace

How to plan a successful IT rollout for your digital workplace

Smartphones and laptops have already become the norm at home. Yet many people find themselves stuck in an analog world at work, despite the fact that setting up a digital workplace is not that difficult with a little preparation and planning.

Efficient fleets

Optimising fleets through lifecycle management

Read on to find out how a lifecycle concept can improve transparency, particularly in fleet management.

UNIT COSTS INSTEAD OF BLOCK OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

Managing growth and costs efficiently: pay-per-part and pay-by-the-hour

An illustrative calculation from the automotive industry for pay-per-use models

INTELLIGENT FINANCIAL ENGINEERING, OPTIMUM ACCOUNTING

Intelligent financing concepts pave the way for more innovation

We will show you how to implement innovative projects cost-effectively.

Long-term thinking, quick savings

Lifecycle Management for greater cost effectiveness

This is what gives you the reassurance that your investment will really pay off over the course of a project.